Dear SE: Please listen to actual players, not just content creators

[Kohashi]

Disclaimer: There are many FFXIV creators who are wonderful community representatives and hosts. I've also watched and enjoyed many hardcore raiding streams, including the charity world first races.

Both can provide meaningful feedback, and they hardly listen to content creators. Also, I'm pretty sure he sees them as an extension of the community and an amalgamation of feedback.

Yoshi-P’s Recent Admission:

In today’s live letter, Yoshi-P openly admitted that the development team is feeling the pressure from the constant demand for new, challenging content. He mentioned that the staff is stretched thin with trying to balance delivering fresh and exciting content while keeping up with player expectations.

Oh no, SE has to deliver a constant stream of content with sufficient quality and not the slop they delivered for the past 2 years? Oh no, very sad... anyway. Maybe they should do less crappy projects and take some decent decisions for a change. How to tell your playerbase your management is complete garbage without directly saying it (we already knew anyway).

Casual Players Aren’t Asking for Easy, Just Accessible:

The thing is, casual players aren’t asking for the game to be “easy” or watered down. We want content that’s accessible, enjoyable, and rewarding at our own pace. Some of us want to experience the story, engage in social content, or explore without the pressure of knowing we have to be the best or memorize hundreds of mechanics for a raid.

I’d love to see more casual, accessible content that doesn’t require hours of commitment. That way, everyone from the hardcore raider to the casual solo player can feel like they’re getting the most out of their experience.

How do you do "not watered down content" that also doesn't require hours to be sunk in? Extremes are such content, yet I've seen a lot of arguments that are too difficult and not "casual" enough.

I am curious how you would do it, considering the current gameplay and job design.

[Mawlzy]

How do you do "not watered down content" that also doesn't require hours to be sunk in? Extremes are such content, yet I've seen a lot of arguments that are too difficult and not "casual" enough.

I am curious how you would do it, considering the current gameplay and job design.

If you could see beyond "content = PvE" you would answer your own question.

[Kohashi]

If you could see beyond "content = PvE" you would answer your own question.

what's wrong with the PvP again? o.O aside from being 100% casual, for fun and with no real balance?

[Valence]

I am curious how you would do it, considering the current gameplay and job design.

Is your idea of something that you can have hours being sunk in, just something that walls you for hours until you learn the tune?

[Kohashi]

Is your idea of something that you can have hours being sunk in, just something that walls you for hours until you learn the tune?

Wow, for the first time, you get it, you absolutely get it, almost. You were so close...

It's about the challenge, the struggle, the journey, overcoming a hurdle, an impasse, a learning opportunity, about being better at the end of it and being rewarded for it.

Like in life, you struggle, you fail, once, twice, a lot of times, but if you don't give up in the end, you get it. You persevere, and you never expect things to be handed to you on a silver platter because you exist.

[Mawlzy]

Wow, for the first time, you get it, you absolutely get it, almost. You were so close...

It's about the challenge, the struggle, the journey, overcoming a hurdle, an impasse, a learning opportunity, about being better at the end of it and being rewarded for it.

Like in life, you struggle, you fail, once, twice, a lot of times, but if you don't give up in the end, you get it. You persevere, and you never expect things to be handed to you on a silver platter because you exist.

Classic example of being so immersed in a game, the fact that it is not the same as real life gets completely overlooked.

[Kohashi]

Classic example of being so immersed in a game, the fact that it is not the same as real life gets completely overlooked.

Is there a problem with my analogy and the reason why I do the content that I do? Is the game all Fake? Are you not real? Are you a pixel with 0 relevance? A robot with 0 thought process, typing random words from Deep Space? What am I missing? Apart from that, we probably exist in the middle of a black hole.. xD

[Mawlzy]

Is there a problem with my analogy and the reason why I do the content that I do? Is the game all Fake? Are you not real? Are you a pixel with 0 relevance? A robot with 0 thought process, typing random words from Deep Space? What am I missing? Apart from that, we probably exist in the middle of a black hole.. xD

I'm suggesting the way you interact with the game is far from universal.

When real life has thrown up challenges; the death of friends, painful failed relationships, professional sacrifices and struggles, nearly dying twice... Negotiating the so-called challenge in a video game is not particularly important to me. I want to be entertained, not challenged.

If overcoming self-imposed problems in a video game is something that appeals to you, that's terrific.

[Kohashi]

I'm suggesting the way you interact with the game is far from universal.

When real life has thrown up challenges; the death of friends, painful failed relationships, professional sacrifices and struggles, nearly dying twice... Negotiating the so-called challenge in a video game is not particularly important to me. I want to be entertained, not challenged.

If overcoming self-imposed problems in a video game is something that appeals to you, that's terrific.

So??????? Go to Limsa and have fun..
I'm sure you can find plenty of cat boys or girls, whatever swings your boat as we ain't shaming here or maybe even both at the same time, ready to give you a good time....WEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AmiableApkallu]

Wow, for the first time, you get it, you absolutely get it, almost. You were so close...

It's about the challenge, the struggle, the journey, overcoming a hurdle, an impasse, a learning opportunity, about being better at the end of it and being rewarded for it.

Like in life, you struggle, you fail, once, twice, a lot of times, but if you don't give up in the end, you get it. You persevere, and you never expect things to be handed to you on a silver platter because you exist.

Except that the challenge of modern FFXIV PvE combat design is more akin to memorizing the first ten-thousand digits of Pi and being able to recite them back without fail, on demand, repeatedly.

It's a feat, to be sure, but relatively few find it fun and rewarding to pull it off themselves.